The food trends set to disrupt pubs in 2019

James Evison is Inapub's multimedia and food editor. He tweets @jamesevison. Email: james@inapub.co.uk

20th February 2019

The fast-moving landscape of food trends is always challenging to keep up with – so what should pubs look out for in 2019?

1) It’s going to be even harder to get people out of their homes

One of the big drivers for supermarkets and food retailers has been creating ‘restaurant quality’ food for people to chow down on at home. The premiumisation of the ready meal is being taken to the next level, with the ‘fakeaway’ now elevated to a place where punters may prefer food they can chuck in an oven to dining out.

This makes it more important than ever for pubs to offer something unique. Perhaps this is time to look at whether the menu is really working as hard for you as it needs to - and if perhaps you could push down margin slightly to push up quality, and get the punters flocking to your pub.

The phenomenal growth of online delivery firms looks set to continue with Uber Eats and Deliveroo taking their business to new places across the UK.

2019 is definitely the year to look at whether you can afford to run a delivery option alongside your in-house menu.

Keep a close eye on when Deliveroo and Uber Eats arrive in your area, especially if you are a town or city centre site. Once they arrive, the delivery options will revolutionise how your punters consider eating out - or in - options.